The winners of the 23rd Annual SIIA Codie Awards have been announced, and ColdFusion 8 has won the award for “Best Web Services Solution”. Other Adobe winners are Connect for “Best Collaboration Solution” and Captivate for “Best Corporate Learning Solution”.
ColdFusion 8 Wins Codie Award
5 responses to “ColdFusion 8 Wins Codie Award”
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No doubt a coincidence that Adobe is one of the "members" of the siia (the ones who underwrite the "contest").
See here: http://www.siia.net/membership/siia_directory/search.asp — search for yourself
Believe me, I love CF8, but I can’t help but feel these types of "competitions" are really thinly disguised marketing efforts, and will be easily viewed as such and discredited in the industry-at-large. -
I think that Captivate is the winner for "Best Corporate Learning Solution" not for "Best Collaboration Solution"
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Thanks, fixed.
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Brock, to the best of my knowledge, we (the CF team and Adobe) had nothing to do with the selection process whatsoever.
That kind of like saying that it’s a rigged deal that the Toy Story movie won an Oscar because Disney is a member of the Motion Picture Association and sponsor of the Oscars.
ColdFusion 8 is great software from a great and passionate team, and having seen what heart and soul they poured into it and the results they achieved, I think they should be very proud and deserve every kudos they receive.
My 2c
Damon -
In fact, after checking the SIIA site, they openly publish the process and actua;l judges oif each category (no one from Adobe is listed):
http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/judging_judges.asp
The overall process is here:
http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/rules.asp
Damon
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